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, Burial of the Gypsy Queen.

Jentie jeffrey Harrison, tho young gyp"y
queen, who died at Jackson, Miss, o,,
Dec. 81, 1856, was buried ut Dayton. o.. il
the gypsy lot at Woodland the other day.
AT her death the body was embalnicd AID
sent north. She was the daughter Of Henry
and Tailie Jeffreys, who own large trv:rts of
land near Dayton, and are related to the
Stanleys, who reign over about twenty tribes
that make their summer home in the l.a,Gi
valley. Besides the immediate relatives about
100 gypsies were present.
The burial is the fourth of the kind that
has occurred in Dayton since 1857, and, as on
former occasions, attracted crowds of people
to view the street pageant The funeral cor
tege consisted of caravan of thirty largo
wagons loaded with gypsy families and car
rying all their camp and household equipage.
Following each wagon were the horse and
dogs of the family, numbering in some cases
fifty animals The procession was nearly a
mile in length and there were in line about
500 horses.
A squad Of police prevented the entrance to
the grounds of the crowd. The Rev. Daniel
Berger, of the United Brethren church, con-
Quoted the religious services, consisting Of
prayer, Scriptural readings and sermon
The mourners and relatives sat about the
grave while the caravan Of wagons, horses
and dogs was kept continually circling
around the grave on the winding roadwnys
When the minister concluded. the mourners
rose and began low chant in gypsy dialect.
The refrain was caught up by the occupants
of the moving caravan and soon the air re-
sounded with the moaning and wailing.
Young gypsy girls carried flowers of scarlet
hue and showered them in the grave. They
cried: "Good by, Jentie! Good by sweet
queen! Good by!" These manifestations of
grief continued until the pastor babe the
mourners rctire.-Dayton (O.) Special.
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plants with the rnnker growth Of soma
field crop that overtops them and dcprivcs
their leaves of light and air. Rye sown
on infested fields reduces thistles by its
quicker and taller growth and prepares
tho ground for seeding down to clover and
timothy, which in u year or two SO pBcoc-
cupies the ground rs to drive out the this
ties. The mowings they receive when the
grass Is cut also assist in cnfccbling the
growth O, tho thistles Thistlcs will die
out in q few months il buried til the while
underground by blowing. Once turned
under deeply, IL the soil be heavy the
blowing need not be repeated for Mt least
one month. In light soils 1t must be done
Oftencr, determination Of the plants de-
pending on the prevention of any growth
above ground. Never allow the plants to
form seed.
Instances are on record where thistles
have been entirely eradicatcd without
losing the use Of the land, but growing
crop every season. One plan is to make
the land rich rs possible, at least get 1t
seeded to clover OF similar crop and by
fertilizing get an carly growth SO us to
NOW for hay just as the thistles begin
to show bloom. After moving apply
little stimulating fertilizer SO us to quickly
start up the grass, and when about one
foot high pillow the land with plow that
will turn all the soil; roll down and har-
row SO us to cover the thistles root and
branch. A few thistlcs will show them
selves after this, but by hoeing thoroughly
with cultivator or hand hoe, so as to cut
them all down, the field will soon be
cleared and by another spring will be
ready for almost any crop.-New York
World,
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DESTROYING Canker Worms,

The female of the canker worm docs not
possess the power of flying, and can only
reach the eXtremities of the limbs on
which she deposits her eggs by crawling
up the trunk. They begin this with the
first warm days of spring, weeks before
buds and leaves are ready to put forth
1t is quite common for them to do this
while the nights are cold enough to harden
tar in vessels around tie trees intended to
obstruct their progress. This old method
has therefore given way to spraying the
trees with water in which London purple
or Paris green has been dissolved, thus
killing the worms after they begin to cat.
1t requires very little poison to do this.
Too strong u solution might burn the
apple leaves, which, when young, are very
tender.
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A Unique Cycling Novelty.

A most unique cycling novelty has justbeer
completed. 1t is nothing less than tandem
unicycle. The wheel is fifty-four inches, Of
full roadster weight, but with tangent spokes
great strength and rigidity being necessary.
Around the wheel extends an elliptical frame,
which is adjustable upon the axle much in
the manner of ''teeter totter." One rider is
seated on the front and the other on the rear
end of the frame, and the difference in weight
equalized as much as possible by the adjust
ment of the frame on the axle. The riders
sit facing in the same direction, each one ped
aling, the pedals being connected with the
wheel by adjustable gearing chains The
machine is geared for rapid pace, for it will
be necessary to maintain great speed in order
to keep the wheel erect. There is no steering
attachment whatever to the wheel The
guiding will be done by the riders swaying
their bodies to and fro.-Boston Transcript.
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Tho POpc's Jubilee.

A movement is on foot throughout the
Catholic world to make a magnificent money
present to Popc Leo XIII, on the occasion Of
his golden jubilee. Italy has already SUBJ
scribed s35,0oO, mostly in penny contrbu-
tons. Naples is to send throne of gold the
Circulo di st. Luigi, of Milan, n magnificent
gold pen, and the officers of the Pontidcal
guards are preparing massive inlstand in
gold and silver of Renaissance style, sur-
mounted by 1.-The statue of tho Archaneel
Michael. Another feature of the jubilee will
be the bringing together of speakers of tho
different languages of the civilized world at
the Polyglot Literary academia of Rome, to
pronounce in their different tongues the
praises Of the sovereign pontiff.-ForciSn
Letter.
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Swindling tho Farmers.

ers Of Greene county, Penn, In an ingen-
ious manner. They read the local news
papers carefully, and when a farmer pub
fishes IN cstrny notice, No. calls to look at
the animal The farmer shows the beast, and
the fellow decides it Is not his; then he re-
turns to his partner and describes it infinitely
to him. No. 81 goes to the farmer and, after
proving by thorough description that he is
the owner of the animal, says he cannot take
1t away, and offers to sell it Mt bargain.
The farmer buys it, and in a few days the
rightful owner comes and claims the animal.
New York Sun.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

A Column Of Information OH Various
Subjects.
Kindly inform me what Is the size of the
largest Indian OK ever found-i. e., now on record.
SUBSCRIBED
The question has been. referred to Pro-
fessor II. w. Putnam, curator and scientist
of the Peabody Museum Of American
Archaeology and Ethnology, at Cambridge,
Mass, who says:
II can only say that several large axes have
been recorded by various collectors, who con-
slider that tho science of archaeology consists
in measuring the size of the various axes,
arrow heads, ETC., which they have have
never kept record Of such matters, but re-
member having seen three very large perfect
specimens in the collection of Mr.. Walter G.
Wyman, OF Chicago"
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SPLICE GRAFTING-wnIp GRATING.

SPLICE GRAFTING-WHIP GRATING.
In grating, as in budding, the princi-
pal object is to increase the varieties that
cannot be produced with certainty from
seed. Grating is also performed to fruit
new variety. In this latter case a cion
inserted in a branch of q bearing tree will
produce fruit oftentimes the second year
from the graft, while if the same cion had
been put on n young Seeding it would not
have fruited perhaps in ten years.
Stocks may he Of any age from seed
lings to old trees. Cions are usually shoots
of the preceding years growth. These
are cut in autumn after the fall of the
leaf or in winter, and are preserved in a
dormant state until wanted for use. Cions
should not he cut in very cold weather,
but with this exception they may he taken
from the trees ut any time between the
falling of the leaves in autumn and the
swelling of the buds in spring. They are
better if cut few weeks previous to
using, though the apple and pear have
been grated with success with cions taken
of ut the time the work was done.
Splice grating is the simplest form of
grating. The root OF stock is cut across
at an angle near the collar. the cion at
like angle or slope and the two fitted and
bound together. (See first cnt.) This
method is much used with stocks of small
diameter
Whip grating tsee same illustration is
a modification of splice grating, differing
from the former in the splitting or tongue
ing of the stock and cion midway on the
sloping cut of each, thus increasing the
extent of surface brought into contact
when the pieces are fitted into each other
H.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
A MODEL FLOOD GATE WORTHY
or IMITATION.

Timely Suggestions for the Month-De-
stroying CanIScr Worms-Treatment of
Girdlcd Trccs-vnriOus Modes of Graft.
Ing Explained.
For best results in grating there must
exist close affinity between stock and
graft. AS q rule all gratis succeed best
on trees of their own species or those
closely allied to them. When perfect de-
velopment us regards size and duration
is desired, II stock Of similar nature to
the graft should he selected, as IN apple
Seeding for an apple and pear Seeding
for n pear If, however, dwarf trees, which
come into bearing very young, are required,
then an allied species Of slower growth
may be employed for the stock, or if the
soil and climate be unfavorablc stock
adapted to the soil, or one which by it's
harder roots endure the cold can he Sc
lected. In many cases the peach and
apricot are grated with beneficial results
on the plum, and the pear OH tho ounce,
but an apple is never grated ON a peach
or a cherry on d pear. The pear, apple,
ounce, medlar, thorn and mountain ash
"a naturally allied group-havc been
more or less successfully worked upon.
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CHECKING eALLoPINo CONSUMPTION


Eject ~ GnSeA Oh u woman Whose Lie
Was Despnlred Of.
The medical fraternity Of New Orleans Ia
considerably excite'fover the case OF Mrs. Il.
w. Aloers, whose death within few days
from galloping consumption was declared az
certain by several leading physicians month
ago, but who is now apparently OH the road
to complete recovery. She is the wife OF A.
w. Albers, prominent druggist of the CITY.
When all the doctors had given his wife up
Mr.. Albers determined TO try carbonic acid
gas and sulphuretted hydrogen gas AS first
administered by Professor Bergeon, Of Lyons,
France, and recently experimental with at
the hospital in Philadelphia. rwo-thir'ls Of
Mrs Albers' left lung were destroyed when
the treatment was begun with III improyiscd
apparatus on March &C.
Result of first week-a gain Of one pound
clear. At the end OF the second weel;-a guin
in weight OF two and half pounds, making
a clear gain of three and half pounds for
two weeks. One Of the features was that the
temperature, which upon the administration
of the gas showed fever Of 1902 degs declined
in half all hour to SO degs A sudden drop Of
four degrees was followed by a craving for
food which seemed to agree perfectly with the
patient and in turn followed in half an hour
by drowsy sensation, prompting the patient
to sleep, Weakening from which she had a per-
fectly restful feeling. The gas reaches the
lungs within ten minutes after the admin
istration, and is clearly discernible on the
breath by the characteristic odor Of the
sulphuretted hydrogen which is used.
The apparatus used by Mr.. Albers was inn
provised by himself and is simple, CONSISTING;
Of two rather large sized bottles, one contai-
ing the ingredients for making carbonic ac'l
gas and the other charged to generate s;:!
phuretted hydrogen gas. The bottles are
connected by means of small rubber tubes
and the gas is collected or stored in large
bag similar to the "laughing gas bags" used
by dentists. The gas finds an exit through
rubber tube ending in syringe.-New Io;-:
Tribune.
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Girdled Fruit Trees.

Do not be in despair about your young
fruit trees that have been girdlcd by mice
and rabbits. Unless the inner bark is
completely gone the tree may, with pro-
per treatment, be saved. The object
should be to keep the wound moist while
nature heals it. The usual mode of &C
comphshing this is to apply thick dress
ing of COW manure and clay, mixed to-
gether with little water to form a plas
ter. This dressing is kept in place by a
bandage of old bagging or cloth. 1t is
also well to reduce the head of the tree by
cutting back it's branches. When the
wound is very severe The American Agri-
culturist advises that it be bridged over
by the use of large cions, one end inserted
under the bark below and the other end
above the wound. But unless a tree is
large and especially valuable, it will rarely
pay to be at this trouble Better replace
the injured tree by another of the same
size and age.
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CLEFT GRATING.

Cleft grating is practiced on trees Or
branches too large for whip grating, also
in the renewing of the tops of orchard
trees. The stock is cut square across,
then split, and the cions, which have been
shaved down to wedge shape, are in
serted, care being taken that the inner
bark of the cion shall meet that Of the
stock. Our second cut illustrates the OPP
Grafton. In large stocks two cions are in
serted. After the cions are set the ex-
posed or rounded parts of both stock and
cion are covered with good grating wax.
A wax made of equal parts of rosin, bees
wax and tallow melted together, and ap-
piled warm, will be found effective.
A common mistake is the one of graft
ing too early; remember that the cion will
not make any union with the stock until
the latter starts into growth.
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Don't Experiment

You cannot afford to waste time in exper-
imenting when your lungs are in danger.
Consumption always seems, at first, only
cold. DO not permit any dealer to impose
upon you with some cheap imitation of DR..
Kings New Discovery for CONSUMPTION,
coughs and colds, but be sure you get the
genuine. Because he can make more profit
he may tell you he has something lust as
good, or just the same. Don't be deceived,
but.insist on getting DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, which is guaranteed to give relief
in all throat, lung and chest affections.
Trial bottles free at
II. G.. DAYS Drug Store
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Suggestions for the Month.

Help horses and cattle to shed their
coats by frequent applications of the curry
comb and brush. AS the time approaches
for cows to ''come i'm reduce their food,
giving plenty of good, sound hay. Teach
calves to feed from the pail from the first.
Give ewes with lambs an abundance of
food. Give swine roam in the orchards.
Provide poultry with dust baths and a
variety of food. Wherever tent caterpil-
lars are seen cut off the twigs and burn
them. Remember that few crops pay bet
ter than hay. Devote to timber any space
on the farm that cannot be profitably cul-
tivated in crops.
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Henry Georges Physique.

Mr.. Henry George, who has been lecturing
recently in Chicago, is described by The
Chicago Tribune as a man of sturdy physique,
who looks the student and thinker he un-
doubtedly is. His manners are dignified and
reserved, yet extremely urbane and winning.
He is of medium height, rather bald His
hair is of deep reddish brown, slightly
tinged with gray. He is Al years old. He
has four children, his eldest son being "a
years old. Last autumn he celebrated his
silver wedding. Mr.. George grows periodi-
cally contemplative during conversation, but
never preoccupied. He merely celebrates as
to what lie is going to say, and when he does
say it he says it well.-Home Journal.
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/ have heard that meerschaum has some rela-
ton to feam. Will you please state if SO, and
what the relation is? T. W.
Meerschaum takes its name from the Ger
man words meaning sea and foam, SO named
from its wilderness and ightness. 1t is sill
cate of magnesia 1t is found in Spain and
other Mediterranean countries.
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Limitations to uourncrs.

Please inform me whether it is etiquette to in
vite people in mourning to parties and receptions.
JULIA.
Perhaps good taste would suggest the i'm
propriety of sending such an invitation closely
after serious bereavement, but as a general
thing such invitations are sent to people who
it is known will not accept them as COM
pliment, and there is no improperly in send
ing them to people in mourning.
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Bought Them Back Again.

A farmer in Greensborough. Nd, thinking
to change his grade of potatoes, barreled all
that he had, shipped them to Baltimore, and
ordered a few barrels of extra northern pota-
toes for seed. While barreling his own tubers
he lost his spectacles. When he received his
northern seed potatoes he found his missing
spectacles in one of the barrels. Such things
destroy eonfidence-Exchange
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Didn't Like the Kite.

A flock of wild geese flying over Water
kites which the Waterbury boys were flying.
This particular kite was up very high and
the geese objected to it. They circled about
it two or three times, and then four of their
number, seemingly delegated for the purpose,
attacked the kite and tore it into shreds, and
then went on their way.-New York Sun.
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IcvapOrated Fruit.

Much has been said against the practice
of exposing fruit to the fumes of sulphur
during the process of drying. If sui
phured fruit endangers the health'of those
who use it, or is unpleasant to the taste
or smell, then the practice ought to be
discouraged. But according to Professor
Green, Of the Ohio experiment station,
there is no evidence that such is the fact
when sulphur is properly used.
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WORKING CLASSESANLsTs.wS s1r ~!

pared furnish all classes with employment home,
the whole of the time for their spare Bus
mess new light and profitable. Persons of either sex
easily earn from so cents to $500 per evening, and
proportional sum by devoting all their time to the bust
ness, Boys and girls nearly much men,
That all who this may send their address. and test
the business, we make this Offer To such
satisfied we will send one DOLLAR to pay for the trouble
Of writing Full particulars end outfit free. Address
GEO. ST1NsoN & Co., Portland, Me-
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Canada Thistles.

The Canada thistle, while subdued
somewhat by repeated and frequent now
ings, is not often destroyed by this means
alone The thistle root has numerous
points, each one of which has power to
send up shoot, consequently while the
main stock and it's immediate root con-
nections are killed it does not follow that
the numerous root points are likewise de-
stroyed In fact, they seldom are, and
herein lies the secret of the plants ire
possibility The best results are gained
when the thistles are cut in their early
bloom and before the seeds have
formed; it is also well to cut during
or just before q warm rain. Ex-
perience appears to have proven
that the most effective mode of treat
ment for the determination CT this trou-
blesome pest is to choke or smother the
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Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the word for cuts, bruis-
es. sores. ulcers. salt rheum. fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and
all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price 25c per box. For sale at
H. G.. DAYS Drug Store.
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What is the order of the White Cross? Where
did it originate and who was its founder?
CAROLINE.
The order has for its object social purity,
binding alike on men and women. 1t was
conceived by Miss Ellice Hopkins and origin
ated by Bishop Durham, of London, England.
The leader in America Is DR.. B. f. De Costa,
rector of the Church of ST. John the Evange-
list, New York city.
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How many times q minute can a Calling gun
be fired! READER.
Two hundred times minute.
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Washed Lady Washington's Feet.

"Aunty" Lucindy Hill, who died at Aus
gusta, Ga, recently, was one Of the Oldest
colored people in that part of the country,
and was proud of the fact that she once
washed the feet of Lady Washington during
the first presidential term of the immortal
Georpe-New York Graphic
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War of 1879.

Which country dictated terms Of peace at the
close of our war of 1912 with England? II.
Notwithstanding our victories we suffered
so much that we were about to propose
terms of peace, when England showed dis
position to meet us half way. She did not
formally yield the right to search our vessels
for her seamen, but practically gave it up.
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A Poem,

Can you give me the poem in which the words
occur:
Say not good night, but in some fairer cline
Bid me good morning
They are from A. L. Barbauld's poem
called "Life:"
Life! know not what thou art,
But yet know that we must part;
And when and where and how we met,
Town to me s secret yet
Life! we've been long together,
In pleasant and in stormy weather;
IT'S hard to part when friends are dear;
Perhaps twill cost sigh, a tear.
Then steal away, give little warning;
Choose thine own time,
Say not good night, but in some brighter cline
Bid me good morning.
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Can you tell us what is the meaning of the word
apocrypha, as applied to the books of the Bible
called by that name? JOHN R.
It is from the Greek word apochryphos,
meaning concealed. In the case cited the
original meaning was hidden or unpublished.
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An OccultatiOn,

noticed on the last Of March, one evening, a
bright star very near the dark part of the new
moon. While I was looking the star suddenly
"went out" viii you please explain thiss
NJ. o.
1t was what in astronomy is called an &C.
cultation. The star was occulted by the
moon, which was west Of the star when you
saw it, and travelling east. The dark part OF
the moon mot illuminated by the'sun) passed
between The star and the earth. From the
sudden "going out" of the star, which you
noticed, astronomers argue that the moon
has no atmosphere; otherwise the occultation
would be more gradual.
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A Q.,ot.siDn'

Where can lind the lines:
.'None knew thee but to love thee.'
est .4eta MINNIE p.
They are from Fitz Greenraalleck's "Death
of Joseph Rodman Drake"
Green be the turf above thee,
Friend Of my better days;
None knew thee but to love thee,
None named thee but to praise.